The Index Simulator

This simulator is for advanced users who have an understanding of the indices and have reviewed their country's ranking in those indices. The Index Simulator allows you to imagine how a change in your country's performance in an index KPI would alter its overall ranking, and to select other countries for comparison.

Country description

Saudi Arabia is a high income country. It has a GDP per capita of around 28.89 Thousand USD (2023) and HDI value of 0.88 (2022)

Index description

The Development Challenges Index measures shortfalls in three key dimensions, namely (i) quality-adjusted human development, (ii) environmental sustainability and (iii) governance. This index offers an analytical toolkit that could trigger policy dialogue to address these challenges at the global, regional and national levels.

Results for Saudi Arabia


2020 Simulator
projection
Rank 73
Score
0.46Value: 0.460327
Value: 0.460327

Comparison benchmarks
Compare to:
Top 3 in Income Group
Top 3 in Region
Compare to:
Income Group
Region
KPI Information icon 2020 - Saudi Arabia
Weight Information icon Best Worst Aspirational value Information icon Current Value
Quality-adjusted human development
Rank 107 / Score 0.33
Environmental sustainability
Rank 48 / Score 0.5
Good governance
Rank 49 / Score 0.56
Index Global Highlights
Global Details
Global Average
0.42 Value: 0.419058061349693
Developed Economies Average
0.24 0.239584527777778
Developing Economies Average
0.46 0.456773355263158
Highest Ranked Country Country Haiti
Score
0.66 0.657546
Global Rank 1
Lowest Ranked Country Country Switzerland
Score
0.12 0.123977
Global Rank 163
Highest Ranked Developed Country Country Czech Republic
Score
0.51 0.514665
Global Rank 44
Lowest Ranked Developed Country Country Switzerland
Score
0.12 0.123977
Global Rank 163
Highest Ranked Developing Country Country Yemen
Score
0.64 0.635859
Global Rank 4
Lowest Ranked Developing Country Country Singapore
Score
0.21 0.210218
Global Rank 148
Simulator Projection
2020 Simulated
Rank: 73
Score: 0.46
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